{"id":326,"date":"2022-12-08T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T00:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/?p=326"},"modified":"2025-02-23T11:20:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T00:20:04","slug":"the-artists-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/the-artists-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"The Artist&#8217;s Choice 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The large mixed media sculptural pieces by Narelle Carlyle make an outstanding impression when you walk into the Gallery; they have a quality of movement and thrusting upwards towards the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"330\" data-id=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-39.png\" alt=\"Nimbin Creek- A Quick Dip by Mardi Zylstra\" class=\"wp-image-328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-39.png 280w, https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-39-255x300.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nimbin Creek- A Quick Dip by Mardi Zylstra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"225\" data-id=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-38.png\" alt=\"Storm Warning by Katherine Castle\" class=\"wp-image-327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-38.png 340w, https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-38-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Storm Warning by Katherine Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The juxtaposition of these pieces alongside Kathryn Castle\u2019s beautiful original landscapes of the Caldera can remind us of the formations in the landscape that surrounds us; along with Mardi Zylstra\u2019s beach and bush water scenes we can see the dynamics that can happen between paintings and sculptures. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"295\" data-id=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-41.png\" alt=\"Upheaval by Narelle Carlyle\" class=\"wp-image-330\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Upheaval by Narelle Carlyle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"168\" data-id=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-43.png\" alt=\"R Toys Us #4 by Christine Wynyard\" class=\"wp-image-332\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">R Toys Us #4 by Christine Wynyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"195\" data-id=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-42.png\" alt=\"Reef Platter by Ali Walker\" class=\"wp-image-331\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reef Platter by Ali Walker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018The Artist\u2019s Choice\u2019 always has a great variety of mediums from paintings, sculpture, fibre and pottery. If you\u2019re looking for that unique gift for the festive season there is much on offer, in the Gallery and the Centre Stage crafts area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This exhibition will be open from Thurs 4th Dec 2022 and run through to the first week of Feb 2023. There will be no official opening for The Artists Choice exhibition but you can come along and enjoy an afternoon with local musician Andy Walker for the launch of his debut album<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-40.png\" alt=\"Andy walker - Calico Moonrise\" class=\"wp-image-329\" style=\"width:270px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andy walker &#8211; Calico Moonrise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Andy Walker<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Album launch \u2018Calico Moonrise\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We ended 2022 with a wonderful performance by Andy Walker and Michael Skinner with the launch of Andy\u2019s new album Calico Moonrise. It was a treat to have live music back at Blue Knob.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Artist\u2019s Choice is an annual exhibition that doesn\u2019t have a theme for the artists to work with, but is always a surprise when artwork that comes in often has random, connected elements that run through them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16,17,40],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibitions","tag-16","tag-17","tag-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":939,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions\/939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}